| Autor: |
Amal Mumtaz, Aisha O. Adigun, Rif S. El-Mallakh |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Telemedicine Reports, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 44-47 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2692-4366 |
| DOI: |
10.1089/TMR.2023.0004 |
| Popis: |
Background: During the coronavirus pandemic there was a rapid adoption of telehealth services in psychiatry, which now accounts for 40% of all visits. There is a dearth of information about the relative efficacy of virtual and in-person psychiatric evaluations. Methods: We examined the rate of medication changes during virtual and in-person visits as a proxy for the equivalence of clinical decision-making. Results: A total of 280 visits among 173 patients were evaluated. The majority of these visits were telehealth (224, 80%). There were 96 medication changes among the telehealth visits (42.8%) and 21 among the in-person visits (37.5%) (z?=??1.4, p?=?0.16). Conclusion: Clinicians were equally as likely to order a medication change if they saw their patient virtually or in person. This suggests that remote assessments yielded similar conclusions to in-person assessments. |
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